eslancer

Middle French

Verb

eslancer

1. to throw
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 6:

     Ceux qui tombent, eslancent ainsi les bras au devant de leur cheute, par une naturelle impulsion

     Those who fall throw their arms in front of them, by a natural impulse

Conjugation

• As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of eslancer

infinitive	simple	eslancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	eslançant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		eslancé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	eslance	eslances	eslance	eslançons	eslancez	eslancent
	imperfect	eslançois, eslançoys	eslançois, eslançoys	eslançoit, eslançoyt	eslancions, eslançons	eslanciez, eslancyez	eslançoient, eslançoyent
	past historic	eslança	eslanças	eslança	eslançasmes	eslançastes	eslancerent
	future	eslancerai, eslanceray	eslanceras	eslancera	eslancerons	eslancerez	eslanceront
	conditional	eslancerois, eslanceroys	eslancerois, eslanceroys	eslanceroit, eslanceroyt	eslancerions, eslanceryons	eslanceriez, eslanceryez	eslanceroient, eslanceroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	eslance	eslances	eslance	eslançons	eslancez	eslancent
	imperfect	eslançasse	eslançasses	eslançast	eslançassions	eslançassiez	eslançassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	eslance	—	eslançons	eslancez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: élancer